2018 – 2019 SCHOOL PROFILE

CEEB/ACT Code: 481592 Founded in 1988 and graduating a senior class since 2000, The Bear Creek School has College Advising Office grown to include 823 students in preschool through grade 12. In the fall of 2015, we 8525 208th Avenue NE opened our new 50,000 square-foot Upper School building and Performing Arts Center. The new building has a distinctive collegiate style designed to shape the way students Redmond, WA 98053 collaborate, build community, and fully invest in the high school experience. www.tbcs.org Mission and Values Frances Carhart The mission of The Bear Creek School is to provide a high quality, Christian liberal Dean of Student Academic Services arts education in a nurturing environment that will enable each student to become the [email protected] individual God intends. Phone 425.898.1720 ext. 533 Curriculum Patrick Carruth The Bear Creek School’s curriculum is a rigorous, college preparatory program. President and Headmaster • In Literature: focusing on the great books—books read by the intellectual giants of our Enrollment 2018-2019 culture, books that are great teachers Preschool - Grade 12: 823 • In History: teaching the significance of history as part of the flow of the Western Upper School Enrollment: 230 civilization continuum • In Language: teaching Latin in Lower School, Early Middle School, and Middle School, Senior Class: 55 and as an option in Upper School Faculty • In the Classics: educating Upper School students in logic, philosophy, ethics, rhetoric, and apologetics Upper School Faculty - 29 Middle School and Upper School Accreditations Faculty with advanced degrees - 68% • Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS) • AdvancED/Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) Honors and Recognition Bear Creek is a 2014 National Blue Admission Guidelines Ribbon School of Excellence A successful academic record with demonstrated diligence, evidence of the potential to make a positive contribution to the school community, and a desire to live by Christian standards are important admission considerations. Results from the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE), teacher recommendations, and a personal interview are required. International Students The Bear Creek School accepts international students to all grades, however, we only issue Form I-20 to non-immigrant students on F-1 visas who have been accepted and are enrolled in grades 9, 10, and 11. During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Upper School has 19 international students from several countries. Ranking Policy Advanced Placement Program The Bear Creek School does not rank Admission to AP classes is not restricted. However, students must petition to take students but provides the following more than 2 AP courses per year. In 2018-2019, 12 AP classes are offered. distribution from the Class of 2019. Grades reflect courses taken through AP Students Tested in 2018 129 AP Scholar Report junior year. AP Exams Taken 262 National AP Scholars 7 GPA #Students % scoring 3 or higher 86% AP Scholars with Distinction 20 4.00 2 % scoring 4 or higher 48% AP Scholars with Honors 12 3.99-3.75 20 % scoring 5 22% AP Scholars 23 3.74-3.5 17 3.49-3.25 5 Percentage of Bear Creek exams scoring 3, 4, and 5 on AP Exams in 2018 3.24-3.00 8 2.99-2.75 2

2.74-2.5 0 Bear Creek 2.49-2.25 0 38 26 22 2.24-2.00 0 1.99 and below 1 26 21 16

Graduation Requirements

English/Rhetoric 4.5 National 25 20 14 History 4.0 Mathematics 3.0 Science 3.0 0 20 40 60 80 Christian Studies/Philosophy 3.0 World Language 3.0 3 4 5 Physical Education 1.5 Health 0.5 Washington State History 0.5 General Electives 1.5 Fine Arts Electives 1.0 National Merit Recognition Senior Capstone Project 0.5

Total 27.0 credits minimum 14% 10% 14% Class of 2017 Class of 2018 Class of 2019 For graduation, students must have 4.0 credits in one of the following subjects: math, science, or languages.

SAT Performance Grading Scale Statistics represent the mean SAT scores achieved by the Class of 2018. Course grades are not weighted. Only grades earned at The Bear Creek School 800 are included in the GPA calculation. GPA Percent Grade 675 645 4.0 100-94 A 600 3.7 93-90 A- 3.3 89-87 B+ 541 533 534 527 3.0 86-83 B 400 2.7 82-80 B- 2.3 79-77 C+ 2.0 76-73 C 200 1.7 72-70 C- 1.3 69-67 D+ 1.0 66-60 D 0 EBRW Math

Bear Creek Washington State National Course Load Languages JanTerm English Language Learning (ELL) The standard course load is seven JanTerm is a two week mini-semester French I, II, III, IV classes per semester. The average during which all Upper School students Latin I, II, III, IV, V class size is 14. enroll in four topical seminars. Spanish I, II, III, IV Approximately 75 classes are offered Classes Offered annually. Some Fine and Performing Arts courses offered have been: English and Rhetoric Graphic Design 1, 2 • Me Like Fire! The Art and Science Honors Ancient Literature Photography 1, 2 of Grilling Honors Medieval and Renaissance Advanced Graphics and Photography • Experiencing Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte Literature Studio Art 1, 2, 3 by Mozart Honors Enlightenment and American Sculpture and Mixed Media • Chocolate: The Golden Ticket Literature Advanced Studio Art 1, 2 • Custom Boardgaming Design Honors Senior English Drama • Information Technology in the Rhetoric Musical Theater Modern World AP English Language and Composition Technical Theater • Reading Blind: Beginning Braille AP English Literature and Composition Concert Choir • The Craftsmanship of Hand Concert Band Lettering History Jazz Band • Video Game Design Honors Ancient and World History AP Music Theory Honors European History • Urban Sketching Honors United States History Physical Education Community Service Art History, Culture, and Appreciation Health United States Government and Politics Strength Training Community service is an integral part AP European History of our school values. All Upper School AP United States History students complete a minimum of 100 Electives AP Computer Science A hours of community service by the end Mathematics Sports Anatomy of their senior year. Geometry Yearbook Algebra 2 Disciplinary Precalculus Athletics Consequences Honors Precalculus Bear Creek has 15 varsity athletics teams Bear Creek will provide information on AP Calculus AB which primarily compete in the Emerald student disciplinary action involving AP Calculus BC City 1A league. suspension and expulsion to those AP Statistics • Approximately 70% of Upper School colleges that request disclosure. students play at least 1 sport Science • 54 League Championships Senior Capstone Project Conceptual Physics • 85 team state appearances All seniors are required to develop Chemistry • 7 team state championships and present a senior project prior to Honors Chemistry • 17 individual state championships graduation. Projects are approved by a Honors Biology (offered through faculty advisor and evaluated by a panel 2017-2018) House System of faculty and administrators. Recent Marine Biology In August of 2017, Bear Creek launched senior projects include: Biomedicine a House System. Students and faculty • God’s Music in All Our Lives Advanced Topics: Engineering, are divided amongst five houses. • Self-Image in a Social Media World Technology, and Design Throughout the year, these five houses • Darwin’s Legacy AP Biology compete against each other for points • Search and Rescue Drone AP Chemistry which have the potential to earn their • Gravity: Limitations and Possibilities AP Physics 1 house various rewards. The goal of • Designing a Remote Control the House System is to provide an Vehicle Christian Studies opportunity for students and faculty to • Where Animals and Government Early Christian Thought and Practice interact across grade levels to exemplify Meet Medieval Christian Thought and virtue, build a sense of Christian • Food: Authenticity, Industry, and Practice community, and serve each other and Theology Modern Christian Thought and Practice the world through their unique gifts. • Art Therapy for Assault Victims Worldview Capstone Logic Invested in students. Intentional in outcome. COLLEGE CHOICES

Matriculation for the classes of 2013-2018 (299 students in total) Midwest 14% Northeast 11% In-State 33% West 62% Out-of-State 67%

Private 60% Public 40%

Christian 36% International 2% Secular 64%

South 11%

Our graduates have been accepted to the following colleges: (Not a complete list)

Amherst College Dordt College Pacific Lutheran University University of California, Berkeley Arizona State University Drexel University Parsons School of Design University of California, Davis Auburn University Duke University Pepperdine University University of California, Los Babson College Durham University Pitzer College Angeles Barnard College Eastern Washington University Point Loma Nazarene University University of California, San Diego Bates College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Pratt Institute University of Cambridge Baylor University University Princeton University University of Chicago Belmont University Emerson College Providence College University of Colorado at Boulder Biola University Fordham University Purdue University University of Connecticut Boston College Furman University Quest University Canada University of Denver Boston University George Fox University Reed College University of Florida Bowdoin College Georgetown University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Hawaii Brown University Georgia Institute of Technology Rhodes College University of Idaho Bucknell University Gettysburg College Rice University University of Illinois Butler University Gonzaga University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Massachusetts California Baptist University Grand Canyon University Santa Clara University Amherst California Lutheran University Grinnell College Sarah Lawrence College University of Michigan California Polytechnic State Hamilton College Scripps College University of Notre Dame University, San Luis Obispo Harvard University Skidmore College University of Oxford Calvin College Harvey Mudd College Stanford University University of Pennsylvania Carleton College Haverford College Swarthmore College University of Puget Sound Chapman University Hawaii Pacific University Syracuse University University of Rochester Clark University Johns Hopkins University Texas A&M University University of Southern California Clemson University Kenyon College The Juilliard School University of St Andrews Colgate University King’s College London The Master’s University University of the Pacific College of William and Mary Knox College The University of Alabama Colorado College Lafayette College The University of Montana University of Waterloo Colorado School of Mines Lehigh University The University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, Madison Colorado State University Liberty University Chapel Hill Vanderbilt University Columbia University Linfield College Tufts University Villanova University Connecticut College Loyola Marymount University Tulane University Wake Forest University Corban University Massachusetts Institute of United States Coast Guard Washington State University Cornell University Technology Academy Wesleyan University Covenant College Middlebury College United States Military Academy - Wheaton College Creighton University Mills College Army Whitman College Dartmouth College Montana State University United States Naval Academy Willamette University Davidson College New York University University of Alabama Williams College DePauw University Northeastern University University of Arizona Worcester Polytechnic Institute DigiPen Institute of Technology Northwestern University University of British Columbia Yale University